Colonel Paul C. Fritz was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 13 June 1942. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon leader, Company H, 35Oth Infantry Regiment, 88th Division, Camp Gruber, Muskogee, Oklahoma. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Pilot (C-47), 10th Troup Carrier Group, Grenada, Mississippi; Flight Instructor (C-47), Troop Carrier Flight School, Alliance, New England and Lawrenceville, Illinois; Pilot (C-47), 316th Troop Carrier Squadron, Bellows Field, Hawaii; Staff Operations Officer, VI Air Service Korea Command, Wheeler Field, Hawaii; Air Reserve Pilot, Muskeogee, Oklahoma; Base Operations Officer, Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas; Flight Instructor (T-6), 3545th Pilot Training Wing, San Angelo, Texas; Pilot/Operations Officer, 51st Troop Carrier Squadron, The Far East Assignments; Operations Officer, 407th Air Base Group, Great Falls, Montana; Faculty Advisor, Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Alabama; Commander, 11th Troop Carrier Squadron, Dreux, France; Executive, Deputy US Commander in Chief- Europe, Headquarters, US European Command, Paris France; and Programs Officer, Headquarters, USAir Force, Washington, D.C.; and Programs Director, Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces, Honolulu, Hawaii.